Appeal No. 1998-0403
Application No. 08/536,232
a low side switching device coupled between a low
side of the bus and the output line;
a first flyback diode electrically coupled in
parallel with the high side switching device and disposed
physically adjacent to the low side switching device; and
a second flyback diode electrically coupled in
parallel with the low side switching device and disposed
physically adjacent to the high side switching device.
The reference relied upon by the examiner is:
Okado 5,123,746 Jun. 23,
1992
Claims 1-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Okado.
The respective positions of the examiner and the
appellant with regard to the propriety of these rejections are
set forth in the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 12) and the
appellant’s brief (Paper No. 11).
Appellant’s Invention
An adequate description of the invention is set forth
at pages 3 and 4 of the appeal brief. The invention is
apparent from claim 1, above.
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